THE EIGHTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MONGOLIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE
Hosted by
The Mongolian Cultural Center
In partnership with
The Embassy of Mongolia
With contribution from
Mongol-American Cultural Association
Pyramide Granite LLC (Mr. Delgertsogt Manaljav and Mr. Olziikhuyag Dash)
Media sponsors
Daily news (Өдрийн сонин)
UMON TV
NTV, Mongolia
MAY 2-4, 2012
The Embassy of Mongolia
2833 M Street NW, Washington, D.C., 20007
AGENDA (TENTATIVE)
Friday, May 2
09:00 Registration & Breakfast
10:00 Opening Remarks
H.E. Altangerel Bulgaagyn, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the United States of America
Dr. Saruul-Erdene Myagmar, President, the Mongolian Cultural Center
10:30 Panel One. History
Batsaikhan Ookhnoi, Sc.D
Mongolia’s National Revolution Of 1911 And Viii Bogdo Jebtsundamba Khutukhtu
William Fitzhugh
Deer Stones, Ovoos, and Rock Art: New Discoveries From Khovsgol to the Mongolian Altai
Khishigsuren Vaughn
Core strength within Mongol Diaspora communities
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Panel Two. Literature
Tsendjav Dolgor, Ph.D
Зохиол Бүтээлийн Үнэт Зүйл Болон Монголын Яруу Найрагт Гарсан Таван Шинэ Үзэгдлийн Тухайд
Simon Wickham-Smith, Ph.D
Natsagdorj’s Journey To the West:
The Influence of the Weimar Republic on Mongolian Modernist Literature
Dagvadorj Choisuren, Ph.D
'"Хотогойд гэдэг нэрийг аман түүхийн үүднээс мөшгөх нь"
15.00 Trip to Library of Congress. Delegates will be introduced to Mongolian Collection of LOC.
(Hosted by Susan Meinheit, Mongolian and Tibetan Specialist of Asian Division, LOC)
Saturday, May 3
09:00 Breakfast
09:30 Panel Three. Modern Mongolian Society
Erdene Bayarnyam
2008 оны 7 сарын нэгний үйл явдалд хийх социологийн шинжилгээ
Mikhail Vlasov, Alexander Bespalov, Mikhail Vlasov, Alexander Bespalov
Youth Value Orientations: A Field Study in Western Mongolia
Sunmin Yoon, Ph.D
The Third Space: The Mongolian Soundscape Between Ulaanbaatar and the Countryside, and Beyond
Цэвэгдоржийн Болд
Монголын нийгэм дэх дотоод ялгарал, нөхцөл байдал
12:00 Lunch
Exhibition: Original Copies of Laws of Twenties.
13:00 Panel Four. Hangin Gombojav Memorial Session (co-sponsored with MACA)
Sanj Altan (MACA)
Life and Career of professor Hangin Gombojav.
Dagvadorj Choisuren (Mongolian National University)
Poems dedicated to Hangin Gombojav
Saruul-Erdene Myagmar (Mongolian Cultural Center)
Few words on Hangin Gombojav’s Linguistic Works
14:30 Panel Five. Education
Thomas Sheiding, Ph.D
Learning from History and Others – The Ongoing Reform of Economics Education in Mongolia
Munkhbat Lkhagva
Төрөөс үзүүлж буй санхүүгийн дэмжлэг оюутны сурах идэвхэд нөлөөлөх нь
Г.Монголхатан
Таван настай хүүхдийн сургуульд бэлтгэгдсэн байдлын
харьцуулсан судалгаа
16.00 Wrap-Up and Concluding Remarks
18:00 Reception in Honor of Conference Participants
Hosted by H.E. Bulgaagyn Altangerel, Ambassador of Mongolia to the United States of America
Performance of the singer Saran Erdenebat (Mongolian Cultural Center)
Sunday, May 6
10.00 Sight-seeing Tour and Informal Party, Great Falls, MD
Hosted by the Mongolian Cultural Center and Sponsors